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Definition of Providence in English:

Providence

Pronunciation: /-dəns//ˈprävəˌdens/

proper noun

The capital of Rhode Island, a port near the mouth of the Providence River, on the Atlantic coast; population 171,557 (est. 2008). It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams (1604–83) as a haven for religious dissenters.

Pronunciation:

Providence

/-dəns//ˈprävəˌdens/

Definition of providence in English:

providence

Pronunciation: /-dəns//ˈprävəˌdens/

noun

1The protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power.

‘they found their trust in divine providence to be a source of comfort’

‘What roles does affliction, the suffering constrained by the sense of God's palpable absence, play in divine providence, according to Herbert's poetry?’

‘Perhaps this is because he believes so much in divine providence and God's redemption in Christ, and he refuses to believe that God is capricious.’

‘For, while most life is fully dependent upon divine providence, we humans, because of our consciousness, have the potential to participate in the unfolding of each moment.’

‘They thanked God for their preservation during their first year in Plymouth, where, as in Leiden's siege, half the community had died, leaving the survivors to hope for and depend on divine protection and providence.’

‘It may be, however, that at a deeper level than the ecclesiastical and economic reasons, there is a question of God's Providence.’

‘Nothing but the superintending care of Providence could have saved him.’

‘His Ascended Glory is the comfort of wise Providence in every moment and time and dispenses trial.’

‘We as Muslims have no reason to believe that Allah's Plan and Providence are subjected to the humanly designed calendar.’

1.2Timely preparation for future eventualities.

‘it was considered a duty to encourage providence’

‘In the past, we could leave that onerous responsibility to fate or providence, and then rail against them when it went wrong.’

‘The government of the fastest growing city in Asia believes providence, not planning will help it manage growth.’

‘The hunter with the fewest marks on their card (and there is sometimes more than one, which is where providence and chance play their hand) also comes up, whereupon I shoot them.’

‘You are well co-ordinated just when providence favours your chances of progressing in your chosen endeavour.’

‘Though he recognized the importance of luck, or providence as he usually called it, and opportunity, he saw his own political success as a product of his iron determination and fanatical belief in his mission.’